Gerdon Research Group Blog

Posted by on Jun 28, 2023 in Posts, Student News

As the first official days of summer pass, Marissa is excited to spend her time in the lab for summer research. She has been trying to synthesize a different type of gold nanoparticle to be used for mineralization experiments. Different parameters have been tested to determine how the gold nanoparticle can be synthesized. Marissa has been experiencing...

Posted by on Jun 23, 2023 in Posts, Student News

As the busy semester came to an end, Juan was excited to start working in the lab for the summer. This is his first time working in the lab ever! As his journey continues this summer working with Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM), Juan has learned the ups and downs of research. Different set-ups have been explored to improve the outcomes of his...

Posted by on Jun 16, 2023 in Posts, Student News

Congrats to Hailey on her amazing presentation at the Northeast Regional Meeting of the ACS (NERM) in Boston this week. Her talk on “DNA origami nanostructures as biomimetic scaffolds for calcium phosphate mineralization” was really well done and was well received. The team was there to cheer her on and there was even an chemistry alum...

Posted by on Jun 16, 2023 in Posts, Student News

As the summer starts, Donalissa looks forward to what research has to offer. It is so refreshing to work in the lab alongside her GRAB lab team members. As she continues to work with gold nanoparticles, she has found methods to efficiently attach single stranded DNA in only 1 day! After some minor set-backs, Donalissa has progressed and grown more...

Posted by on Jun 9, 2023 in Posts, Student News

After a long and hard semester, Kristy is excited to spend more time in lab running experiments! Adding new lab techniques under her belt one by one! Most recently synthesizing gold nanoparticles as a part of her side project to later be used in future projects. She has been familiarizing herself with different instruments to understand their use and how...